My Mommy Style!!

I have had this blog in my head for a few days so I thought I would set it out there. Sometimes I feel like I am out in right field a lot of times as a mother and let me tell you why...

• I use disposable diapers and have no desire to use cloth to me that was so 1970!!
• I feed my kids non organic processed cheese and other foods etc and I don't have the $ to do otherwise!!
• I don't wear my babies!!! I carry them around in their car seats attached to their stroller and it works out just fine for me!!!
• I spray my kids with sunscreen that is on a bad list!!!
• I don't believe in the cry it out method. And my kids sleep just fine in the night.
• I love to breastfeed and would still do it if my kids hadn't cut me off.
• I want more kids even though my pregnancies are horrible. I love my kids!!! People look at me like I am crazy when I say I want 4
• I am not going to put my kids in school like probably ever!! Public school and me do not mix. And have you seen the rates for even just 2 days of moms day out or preschool. No thanks. I will keep them with me!!!
• We have cable television and my kids watch tv!!! On Demand is my fav feature and we watch shows a lot!!
• My house is lived in. There is dog hair and food on the floor most of the time and laundry seems to never be folded but I snuggle and play with my kids in lieu of doing these things

For the longest time I felt like I was alone in my mothering because of these things. But I have found people that I connect with and a church that I love now and that has helped a lot. I realize that I can be that different mommy and it doesn't bother me a bit. Well at least most of the time!!!! Okay now I feel better. Thanks for listening!!!

Easter Weekend

Okay so I am bad about posting on my blog. I just never have anything interesting to write or to much in my head that I would never share in a public forum!!! So here are some pictures from Easter Weekend!!

Pictures of my Babies!!

Happy First Birthday Catherine Laura!!

Today is my sweet baby girls first birthday!! I cannot believe how fast the year has flown by. Sissy is almost walking she takes a few steps kinda of in a fast little wobble and then falls down. So cute!! We are having a party for her on the 16th when my parents are down for a visit!! I am already thinking about having another baby but am going to wait just a bit but I know for sure I want more!!!

Happy New Year!!

I don't update my blog much but am hoping to make it to 100 posts this year!!! When I do I might have a little give away but then again who knows my blog doesn't get much traffic!! So here are a few pictures of New Years Eve. We let Cortie stay up this year and he had a blast all though he was very tired by midnight and the pictures show it. So HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!

A Snowy Day in Houston!!

Friday was a fun day around these parts. We got an official dose of snow!! Now that does not happen here hardly ever so people were going nuts. It did snow like it did once before since we have been here, which was on Christmas Eve 2004. Being from the north I just had to laugh at how people reacted to the snow but I of course was a good Texas parent and bundled my kids up and let them experience the snow. Cortlyn had a blast playing with his best bud Alyssa from next door and they even built a little snowman. We also cracked up because Chester's work sent the whole company home early due to inclement weather. I mean there was barely an inch on the ground but like I said they rarely if ever get snow down here so when they do it is a BIG!! deal!!! So that was our fun Friday!!!

A New Church Home and a Day in the Country!!

It's official!! We have a new church home. Yes after 5 years at our previous church it was just time to end our time there. Long story short I never felt connected there and constantly was battling feeling sad and depressed because of it. I kept trying to get plugged in in various ways there but they only seemed to want to pigeon hole me into childcare and don't get me wrong I love the kiddos but wasn't wanting to be force fed working in the kids ministry. The last straw was when I had wanted to help start back up a mom ministry that they had going for a while and was basically shut down with hardly a thank you for thinking of it. I still am a little bitter over it but am trying to close that chapter in my life and here we are in a new chapter. We are going to be members of Grand Parkway Baptist Church. I totally feel like it is the lord's leading and am so glad that I braved meeting strangers and went to a ladies bible study to check it out and it's been a total blessing to me. I feel more connected in just 2 short months then I did in all the five years I attended our last church. I have even been asked to help on the Steering team of MOPS that the church is starting up next fall. Can you say that I was excited and glad to finally be acknowledged for my passion for other moms in the preschool stage!!! We are also connected in a community group and are meeting and becoming friends with a lot of nice people. Our church has so much going on that I just love, couples game nights, ladies night out, mens night out, kids programs, ladies bible studies, mens bible studies. It is just awesome to be in a place that has so much going on and so many places to be involved. I am so glad that the Lord lead us there!! And the pictures at the beginning where from preschool day in the country. Church members have an awesome big house on a ton of land and they invite the little ones out for a fun day of playing in the country. Cortlyn had so much fun swinging, fishing, taking mutiple hayrides, eating peanut butter and jelly and just being able to run around. And there were lots of older ladies who were more than willing to hold and squeeze my sweet baby girl Catherine!! It was a fun day and Cortie was sad to leave. Well that is all from our neck of the woods. Glad to be a member of Grand Parkway Baptist Church!!!